NIGERIAN CRUISERWEIGHT SENSATION, EFETOBOR APOCHI, IS SET TO FACE THE TOUGHEST TEST OF HIS PROFESSIONAL CAREER WHEN HE GOES HEAD-TO-HEAD WITH UNBEATEN AMERICAN, DEON NICHOLSON, IN A 12-ROUND WBA TITLE ELIMINATOR AT THE SHRINE EXPOSITION CENTER, LOS ANGELES ON APRIL 17. NICHOLSON IS RANKED FIFTH IN THE WBA DIVISION, WHILE APOCHI IS RANKED SIXTH. THE […]

FORMER SUPER EAGLES STARS TIJANI BABANGIDA, SAM SODJE AND AYO MAKINWA SAYS THE CURRENT NATIONAL TEAM HAS LOST THEIR IDENTITY AND THEY HAVE CALLED FOR AN OVERHAUL OF THE NATIONAL COACHING STRATEGY. THEY ALSO BELIEVE THE EAGLES DON’T HAVE A COHERENT PLAYING STYLE. MAKINWA, WHO FEATURED FOR THE EAGLES AT TWO AFCON TOURNAMENTS IN 2006 […]

THE NIGERIA EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE SAID THE EXACT VOLUME OF CRUDE OIL PRODUCED IN NIGERIA, ESPECIALLY AT THE DEEP OFFSHORE FIELDS, IS NOT KNOWN BY ANYONE. THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, NEITI, ORJI OGBONNAYA-ORJI,  SAID  THE EXACT AMOUNT OF CRUDE OIL PRODUCED IN NIGERIA HAD REMAINED UNKNOWN BECAUSE OF THE ABSENCE OF METERS AT WELLHEADS AND […]

AFTER SPENDING TWO NIGHTS IN ITS CUSTODY, THE ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION, EFCC, RELEASED FORMER GOVERNOR OF IMO STATE, ROCHAS OKOROCHA, ON ADMINISTRATIVE BAIL. BUT THE EFCC HAD TO VARY THE BAIL TERMS BEFORE SENATOR OKOROCHA COULD MEET THE TERMS AND BE ABLE TO GO HOME AFTER SPENDING 48 HOURS WITH HIS INTERROGATORS. A […]

THE KWARA STATE GOVERNMENT HAS RESTATED ITS COMMITMENT TO CREATING A BUSINESS-FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE STATE. THE CHAIRMAN, KWARA STATE EASE OF DOING BUSINESS COUNCIL, MRS SUSAN OLUWOLE, EXPRESSED THIS AT THE OPENING OF A TWO-DAY STAKEHOLDERS’ ORGANISED BY THE COUNCIL IN ILORIN ON THURSDAY. OLUWOLE, WHO DOUBLES AS THE […]